Aidan McLaughlin

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Editor-in-Chief at Mediaite

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Articles

Will the Democrats learn anything from the Biden decline cover-up?

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

As Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson kicked off the promo tour for Original Sin, their explosive new book exposing the far-reaching cover-up of Joe Biden’s decline during his final years in the White House, some tragic news broke regarding the former president’s health. Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones. The revelation naturally generated sympathy.
Will the Democrats learn anything from the Biden decline cover-up?

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

As Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson kicked off the promo tour for Original Sin, their explosive new book exposing the far-reaching cover-up of Joe Biden’s decline during his final years in the White House, some tragic news broke regarding the former president’s health. Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has already spread to his bones. The revelation naturally generated sympathy.
BREAKING: CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon Quits Amid Network Clashes With Trump

2 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin

Wendy McMahon, the CEO and president of CBS News, announced she was stepping down from the network in an internal memo to staff Monday morning. In the memo obtained by Mediaite, she wrote that “the past few months have been challenging.”“It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward,” she said.
A New Look For Mediaite

3 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin

Today, we are thrilled to unveil a new look for Mediaite. As the site has grown from a humble blog chronicling the ins and outs of all things media into a nationally-known news outlet drawing more than 80 million views a month, we have sought to keep our face up with the pace of the rapidly changing digital times. Our latest update brings a simpler and sleeker reading experience to Mediaite. On the homepage, headlines are bolder and more readable.
Turns Out Podcasters Make for Poor White House Reporters

1 month ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin

For years, independent media has assailed the traditional press for a variety of alleged sins — a deference to experts, a censorious approach to fringe ideas, and perhaps most consistently, gentle handling if not outright support for Democrats.
Will AOC be the next leader of the Democrats?

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

What are we to make of an America in which David Brooks, the mild-mannered moderate of the New York Times opinion pages, calls for a “comprehensive national civic uprising” to fight back against the tyranny of President Donald Trump? It’s one in which the traditional thinking about how the Democratic party can wield power has been crushed to dust. It’s one in which voters, disillusioned by repeat defeats to Trump, have felt their hopelessness turn to rage.
Will AOC be the next leader of the Democrats?

1 month ago | spectator.com.au | Aidan McLaughlin

What are we to make of an America in which David Brooks, the mild-mannered moderate of the New York Times opinion pages, calls for a “comprehensive national civic uprising” to fight back against the tyranny of President Donald Trump? It’s one in which the traditional thinking about how the Democratic party can wield power has been crushed to dust.
CuomoGPT: former governor uses AI to co-author housing plan

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Aidan McLaughlin |Rod Liddle |Ben Domenech

If you were worried about disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo being too “hands-on” during his run for New York mayor, fear not: the Love Gov’s campaign has an impersonal touch to it. Local news site Hell Gate exposed how the 29-page housing plan released by the Cuomo campaign bore the hallmarks of being partially put together using ChatGPT. One particularly unparsable passage: Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip from The Spectator’s intrepid beat reporter.
China is ready for a trade war with America

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ian Williams |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Peter Pomerantsev

China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 percent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 percent so far from Washington, vs 84 percent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars driving straight at each other in a high stakes game of chicken.
Trump is going to give us a thousand years of woke

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ed West |Daniel McCarthy |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin

Itry to avoid expressing strong opinions on foreign party politics, because I enjoy the luxury of not having to. From an outside perspective, American politics seems dominated by two quite extreme fringes, the only difference being that the mad things believed by Democrats tend to be aped by British elites, and therefore have an impact on our everyday lives here.